PRESIDENT HU: (As translated.) I'm very happy to meet you again,
President Bush. And I would like to welcome you and your family members
to Beijing for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, and also to
watch the games. This is already your fourth visit to China and this
has certainly made you a American President that visited China more than
any other U.S. President while in office. This is a good test to the
importance you've placed on U.S. relations with China.

I know that the day before yesterday, you attended the inauguration
of the U.S. embassy in China, and the new Chinese embassy in the United
States was inaugurated at the end of July. And all this must further
growth of China-U.S. relationship.

Now the various events of the Beijing Olympic Games are underway
smoothly, and I know you just came here from swimming center. And I
would like to offer you my sincere congratulations on the excellent
performance of Mr. Phelps.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you. (Laughter.)

PRESIDENT HU: We are confident that he will score even better
achievements in the coming games.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir.

PRESIDENT HU: I would also like to mention the unfortunate
happening yesterday -- yesterday two American tourists were attacked and
one was killed; the another was injured. And I would like to take the
opportunity, please accept my profound sympathy to you, Mr. President,
and the family members of the victims. The Chinese side takes this
unfortunate incident very seriously. Yesterday I already instructed the
competent official in charge of the Chinese Foreign Ministry to go to
the hospital to see the injured. We take this case very seriously and
we have already instructed the competent authorities to carry out a very
serious investigation and handle the case in accordance with law. We'll
keep in touch with the U.S. side on the latest developments.

We're now willing to listen to your views, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you, sir. First, Mr. President, thank you
for your hospitality. I am so honored that you would invite my wife, my
daughter, my father, my brother, my sister, and sister-in-law to lunch.
And I congratulate you on the Opening Ceremonies. I'm not sure what it
looked like on TV, but I can tell you what it looked in person, and it
was spectacular.

And we are enjoying the games, and, matter of fact, looking forward
to tonight's big game, U.S. men's versus China men's basketball.
(Laughter.) Somebody asked me if we were going to make a bet on the
game. I said, I don't think so.

I do want to thank you very much for how you handled -- I do want
to thank you very much, Mr. President, for how you handled the situation
with the Bachman family. And I thank you for your expressions of
sympathy. And the Ambassador informs me that your government has been
very attentive and very sympathetic, and I appreciate that a lot.

Today -- I mean, every time I come to China I have memorable
experiences. I enjoy our conversations that we have. As you know, our
relationship is constructive and it's important and it's also very
candid, and I thank you for that.

And once again, I had a very uplifting experience by going to a
church, and I want to thank you for arranging that, as well. It was a
spirit-filled, good feeling. And as you know, I feel very strongly
about religion, and I am so appreciative of the chance to go to church
here in your society.